Cayley Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 22 September 2026 inspection grades Cayley Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils are typically ready for the next steps in their learning journey."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Improving attendance is given priority here."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have in place a well-sequenced, ambitious curriculum that starts in the early years."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have in place a well-structured curriculum across all areas of learning so that children learn important skills and knowledge ready for Year 1."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Pupils feel a sense of belonging to this school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school has gone through significant change over the previous two years."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The values of kindness and respect underpin the school's programme for personal development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and governors should ensure that teaching staff accurately identify what pupils, including children in the early years, know and remember, and adapt teaching promptly to address gaps in learning and develop pupils' language effectively across the curriculum"; "Leaders and governors should ensure that handwriting is taught effectively across the school so that pupils develop a joined script".

In its own words: "Our school aims to meet its statutory obligations when responding to complaints from parents of pupils at the school, and others. We try to resolve concerns or complaints by informal means wherever possible. Where this is not possible, formal procedures will be followed. The school will aim to give the complainant the opportunity to complete the complaints procedure in full."

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Cayley Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 82% in Tower Hamlets and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (77% in reading, 85% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put Cayley Primary School as their first choice and 78 named it as one of their preferences, for 36 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cayley Primary School are Halley Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 75% reading, 86% maths); Sir William Burrough Primary School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 84% reading, 74% maths); Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 61% maths); and Ben Jonson Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 87% reading, 84% maths).

Cayley Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

54.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 82.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (83%), Black (5%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 59 pupils (15.2%) received SEN support and 27 (7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Cayley Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Limehouse Rail Station, about 400 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Harford Street, 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cayley Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Cayley Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Cayley Primary School are Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (0.2 miles), Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (0.2 miles), Bishop Challoner Catholic School (0.6 miles) and St Paul's Way Trust School (0.6 miles).